Daycare Preschool Associate Teacher

ST. ANNE SCHOOL

JOB DESCRIPTION

Daycare Preschool Associate Teacher

St. Anne School, an independent Catholic School in Laguna Niguel, is seeking an exceptional daycare preschool associate teacher.  We are looking for a talented, creative, hard-working, team player with a broad range of classroom skills, along with an appreciation of developmental characteristics for preschool students to join our strong faculty. The Daycare Preschool Assistant will assist with Lunch/After School for the Preschool. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Acts as a role model of professionalism in a Christian environment.
• Supports the philosophy, policies, goals of the school, as well as the decisions made by the Board of Directors and Administrators.
• Insures the health, safety, and welfare of all students.
• Holds in strict confidence all matters pertaining to school.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures as outlined in the Parent/Student Handbook and Employee Handbook.
• Attend faculty and administrative meetings as needed.

DUTIES:

• Maintains Preschool & Daycare room + hallway including updating bulletin boards with children’s Art and or projects, etc.
• Prep and plan all art/holiday curriculum for Preschool Daycare
• Set up all sign-in boards for next day 
• Overseeing student check-in, sign-out for preschool daycare.
• Care for sick students when the nurse or Daycare director is not available.
• Performs clerical tasks such as filing, typing, photocopying, collating and distributing materials
• Maintain Preschool Daycare Nurse station 
• Document incidents with daycare assistants, parents, and or students
• Summer Camp duties as assigned
• Filing when needed. 
• Supervises daily lunch duty.
• Laminate for school staff daily if needed.
• All other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 12 qualified units in Early Childhood Education (ECE) required.
• Administrative experience is preferred.
• Acquired skills in providing tender loving care and support to children.
• Skills and abilities to maintain friendly and successful communication with parents.
• Ability to establish successful teamwork with other teaching staff.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard classroom setting.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

Hours:  Full Time and/part time, Ten-month, non-exempt, employee (10:45 am to 6:00 pm or 2 pm to 6 pm)                  

Reports to: Daycare Director

This is either a part-time or full-time, hourly, non-exempt position. If hired full-time, the role includes full medical benefits and participation in a pension plan. The selected candidate will be placed on the ECDC Associate hourly pay scale. Up to seven years of prior experience at public and/or private institutions—or up to ten years if at a Catholic institution—will be recognized. The starting hourly rate ranges from $20.50 to $30.10, depending on qualifications and experience. The rate may increase over time based on years of service and educational attainment, with a potential maximum of $33.88.